Monday, July 25, 2011

The Python Software Foundation selected ten new nominated members
during the election held in July 2011.

New Nominated Members

Nominated members are individuals or entities who have demonstrated a
commitment to the Python language and community. They are nominated
and elected by existing members of the foundation.

Giovanni Bajo

Giovanni Bajo has contributed to the community as an organizer for the
EuroPython and PyCon Italy conferences, and as a founding member
of Python Italia. He also contributes to the PyQt and PyInstaller
projects

Massimo DiPierro

Massimo DiPierro is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing
and Digital Media of DePaul University and the Director of the Master
of Science program in Computational Finance. He is also the manager
and founder of MetaCryption LLC and Experts4solutions LLC. Massimo's
open source contributions include web2py and fermiqcd.net.

Mike Driscoll

Mike Driscoll is a member of the PSF Communications team, where he is
one of the most frequent posters on this blog. He also writes for the
Python Insider and PyCon blogs. Mike is active in the Python community
in Iowa and founded Pyowa, the local Python user group. He also helps
on the PyCon organizer and program committees.

Alex Gaynor

Alex Gaynor has contributed to the PyCon program committee for the
past two years. He also has delivered presentations at PyCon,
DjangoCon, DjangoCon EU, and PyOhio.

Alex has commit rights for PyPy, Django, CPython, and Unladen
Swallow. He has also contributed to dozens of other projects through
github.

Tetsuya Morimoto

Tetsuya Morimoto is active in the Japanese Python community and is on
the staff for PyCon JP. He has translated a significant portion of
"Python Module of the Week" into Japanese, and works on the PSF
Communication team to organize the translation process and working on
the Japanese version of the Python Insider blog. Tetsuya uses
Python extensively in his work, and contributes to the pyrtm,
Pikzie, and ikazuchi projects.

Paulo Nuin

Paulo Nuin is a member of the PSF Communications team. He writes for
the PSF blog and leads the Portuguese translation team for Python
Insider. As part of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students at
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, Paulo has encouraged the use
of Python and BioPython for daily lab and informatics work and
organizes a "Python for Bioinformatics" workshop.

Audrey M. Roy

Audrey Roy has been instrumental in the creation and initial success
of the PyLadies outreach group in Los Angeles and will be one of the
keynote speakers at PyConAU 2011. She is a core developer for
DjangoPackages and the associated Packaginator open source project.

Gavin M. Roy

Gavin Roy is the CTO of myYearbook.com, where he encourages the use of
Python and contributes internally developed code to the open source
community. He supports two local Python user groups, PhillyPUG in
Philadelphia, and PUG-IP in Princeton, NJ. He was a speaker at PyCon
2011 in Atlanta and participated in the Program Committee. Gavin is
also the primary maintainer of the pika module for interacting with
RabbitMQ.

PSF Membership

The FAQ contains more
information about membership in the Python Software Foundation.

The Python Software Foundation selected ten new nominated members
during the election held in July 2011.

New Nominated Members

Nominated members are individuals or entities who have demonstrated a
commitment to the Python language and community. They are nominated
and elected by existing members of the foundation.

Giovanni Bajo

Giovanni Bajo has contributed to the community as an organizer for the
EuroPython and PyCon Italy conferences, and as a founding member
of Python Italia. He also contributes to the PyQt and PyInstaller
projects

Massimo DiPierro

Massimo DiPierro is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing
and Digital Media of DePaul University and the Director of the Master
of Science program in Computational Finance. He is also the manager
and founder of MetaCryption LLC and Experts4solutions LLC. Massimo's
open source contributions include web2py and fermiqcd.net.

Mike Driscoll

Mike Driscoll is a member of the PSF Communications team, where he is
one of the most frequent posters on this blog. He also writes for the
Python Insider and PyCon blogs. Mike is active in the Python community
in Iowa and founded Pyowa, the local Python user group. He also helps
on the PyCon organizer and program committees.

Alex Gaynor

Alex Gaynor has contributed to the PyCon program committee for the
past two years. He also has delivered presentations at PyCon,
DjangoCon, DjangoCon EU, and PyOhio.

Alex has commit rights for PyPy, Django, CPython, and Unladen
Swallow. He has also contributed to dozens of other projects through
github.

Tetsuya Morimoto

Tetsuya Morimoto is active in the Japanese Python community and is on
the staff for PyCon JP. He has translated a significant portion of
"Python Module of the Week" into Japanese, and works on the PSF
Communication team to organize the translation process and working on
the Japanese version of the Python Insider blog. Tetsuya uses
Python extensively in his work, and contributes to the pyrtm,
Pikzie, and ikazuchi projects.

Paulo Nuin

Paulo Nuin is a member of the PSF Communications team. He writes for
the PSF blog and leads the Portuguese translation team for Python
Insider. As part of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students at
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, Paulo has encouraged the use
of Python and BioPython for daily lab and informatics work and
organizes a "Python for Bioinformatics" workshop.

Audrey M. Roy

Audrey Roy has been instrumental in the creation and initial success
of the PyLadies outreach group in Los Angeles and will be one of the
keynote speakers at PyConAU 2011. She is a core developer for
DjangoPackages and the associated Packaginator open source project.

Gavin M. Roy

Gavin Roy is the CTO of myYearbook.com, where he encourages the use of
Python and contributes internally developed code to the open source
community. He supports two local Python user groups, PhillyPUG in
Philadelphia, and PUG-IP in Princeton, NJ. He was a speaker at PyCon
2011 in Atlanta and participated in the Program Committee. Gavin is
also the primary maintainer of the pika module for interacting with
RabbitMQ.

PSF Membership

The FAQ contains more
information about membership in the Python Software Foundation.